Sunken Garden - Regeneration

I passed all the comments on from our Sunken Garden coffee morning to AS and The RHS. I met today with Earle Newman of Affinity Sutton. We looked at the Garden and Earle and AS are supportive of what we are trying to do. Intially we have asked to get the area cleaned up and safe. We are then going to get the benches repaired, pot holes fixed and some trees pruned, some raised beds  made for Veg planting and additonal lighting.We have intially spoken about leaving the fencing up , but covered in trellis ,intially to see what the reaction is , and then if we feel confident in the future about vanadalism not taking place ,they would be removed. The important thing is to get the space in a safe and workable environment so the residents can reclaim the space for their community.

Builders - Mayland and Leverstock

Some residents ahve noticed hairline crackws in their walls. This may or may not be due to the  building works on the shops and sheds. The reports are coming from Maylands and Leverstock. I f anybody is experiencing this problem please let Osbourne know onn 0300 100 0303. The councils building team know about this and will be visting the estate soon. If you let the committee know if you have this issue then they can come and have a look.

Affinity Sutton - Mobile Website

new online service for residents Residents can now access our services on the go using their mobile or tablet. They can now do all this… Report a neighbourhood issue View their rent account online Use our benefits budgeting calculator Watch videos packed with useful tips and info Search and apply for homes Get the latest news and updates … on their mobile!

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Sunken Garden - Rackham Construction

Affinty  Sutton very kindly asked if Rackham could use the Sunken Garden for Training involving a lightweight tower from 9 - 4. on the  25/09/13. This will not affect our gardening project.

Victoria and Albert Museum - Free Tours

A series of FREE tours, open to all, have been planned for Thursday lunchtime, and highlight Africa and the Black Diaspora within the V&A museum.  These tours present rare opportunities to explore objects, sometimes more than once, that go unnoticed, often because they are not relevant to our personal history or heritage or we are simply not interested.  Occasionally, however if the hidden is introduced to us, their stories have such an impact regardless of background, culture or status, that we remember and embrace them and make them our own.  Join us for the first of three tours that we hope will leave you with much to think about:



Searching the Hidden Caribbean
DATE: Thursday 19 September

TIME: 13.00 - 14.15 (75 min)

WHERE: Meeting Point, Grand Entrance, V&A Museum

ADDRESS: The Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, SW7 2RL

Enjoy a tour of some of the V&A's Caribbean objects hidden amongst, arguably, the most outstanding art and design collection in the world. Meet a scholar and a collector of fine art who both made their income on the back of slave trading.  Look out for a house servant, a hair grooming kit and a warrior. Discover Nat Gaynes and the suit worn by London's first Black headteacher, and try to decipher the slogans ‘The Mighty Tamaroo’ and ‘King Peace the Great'. Led by Avril Horsford, Cultural and Academic Consultant.

The tour is FREE but places are limited to a maximum of 25 visitors on a first come first served basis


Click to view on-line information

http://www.vam.ac.uk/whatson/event/2892/searching-the-hidden-caribbean-4263/





Other tours in the series are:

Dates may be subject to change - please check the V&A website before planning your journey



Africans in Medieval & Renaissance Art -
led by Michael Ohajuru on Thursday 24 October


Underground & Overground: minding the gap in the V&A collections of various images of Black representation -
led by Rovianne Matovu on Thursday 20 February 2014

Gardening Project - Sunken Garden Coffee Morning

Thanks to everyone who turned up to the Sunken Garden Coffee Morning. It was a good turnout considering the Weather. Well done to Dorinda Montgomery and Jeal Keal who organized free coffee from McDonald, thank you, and Jean Keal, who arranged for the Garden to be opened for the morning. People really enjoyed the space and lots of great ideas came pouring out, from Tree Decorating, to Raised Beds, Facilities for Birds, Benches, Growing Veg. Bee Hives It was generally  agreed that we need to see more colour and make the Garden ours again.We can make this a focal point for our estate, and in regeneration the gardens and other areas of the estate, we so regenerate our community. A list of everything has been sent to Affinity Sutton and The Royal Horticultural Society. It was also felt we shoul try and involve the RSPB, The Police and some BEE people.The is a lot of excitement and expectation with this project. If you want to join in , please email, call or send a letter to the Cats postbox.